The bioproduct mill is the biggest investment in Finland’s history of the forest industry, EUR 1.2 billion. The construction of the mill started in April 2015 and it was launched in August 2017. The plant's pulp production capacity is 1.3 million tons per year. Its employment effect is over 2,500 jobs through the whole value chain in Finland and 1,500 new jobs were created.

It is the world's first next-generation bioproduct mill. Besides high quality pulp, it produces a variety of organic products including tall oil, turpentine, lignin products, bioelectricity and wood fuel. Potential new spin-off products include product gas, sulfuric acid, textile fibers, bio-composites, fertilizers and biogas. From the beginning, the plant was designed to form an ecosystem of bio-economy companies which produce a wide and diverse range of products.

Data collected from processes and machinery can only be as accurate as the measurements and sensors used. As a result, Lapp Automaatio approaches the industrial IoT particularly from the perspective...